Meehan's Mint
Meehania cordata
A low, trailing woodland perennial that acts as a delightful native groundcover for damp shade. Features heart-shaped leaves and produces large, showy, hooded lavender-blue flowers in late spring. Spreads gently via runners without becoming aggressive.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.25–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- shade, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- KY, NC, PA, TN, VA, WV